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Saturday, March 17th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Blyth Memorial Community Hall
431 Queen Street, Blyth
Admission: $15 — Net proceeds to Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario
The Dutch Store
55 Albert Street, CLINTON
The Gift Cupboard
414 Queen Street, BLYTH
Advance tickets available at
The Woodstock Dutch Theatre Group presents
“Wie Kaatst...die Wint”
Een komisch blijspel in drie bedrijven door Hans van Wijngaarden
directed by Gerard Hamoen
or contact Marita Oudshoorn ~ 519-529-3656
Tickets also available at the door
Also playing at
Market Centre Theatre in Woodstock
Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
London Dutch Canadian Hall in London
Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Great Lakes Christian College in Beamsville
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
More info: email woodstockdutchtheatre@yahoo.ca or find us on Facebook
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Tribute show hits Memorial Hall
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other you have come to see a part of
the divine. This lifts marriage out of
requirements, dire warnings or the
saving of dollars and restores it truly
to the realm of the Holy.
There are no guarantees with
marriage. As Ann Landers once
wrote, “A marriage licence is not a
guarantee that the marriage is going
to work, any more than a fishing
licence assures that you’ll catch
fish. It merely gives you the legal
right to try.”
Neil Diamond fans will be
cheering when Joey Purpura
performs Diamond in the Rough:
The Neil Diamond Tribute Show at
the Blyth Memorial Hall, Saturday,
April 7.
Purpura’s show serves up a mix of
dance and cheer, in his two-hour
tribute to Neil Diamond that will
feature a full back-up band, the
Glory Road Band.
“Response is so good that I always
get invited back whenever I
perform,” says the Toronto resident
who has made a career of singing
hits such as “Cracklin’ Rosie”,
“Cherry Cherry”, “Forever in Blue
Jeans” and “Sweet Caroline.”
“I had no idea how beloved Neil
Diamond is,” says the tribute artist.
“And I had no idea how powerful his
music was – and still is – to
people”.
Joey has always had the knack for
impersonations but he struck gold -
or Diamond, in this case – when he
hit upon hitmaker Neil Diamond.
“It’s funny,” said Purpura, “but I
wasn’t very familiar with Neil
Diamond’s vast song list when I
started doing the impersonation.”
The show is scheduled for
Saturday, April 7 at 8 p.m. at Blyth
Memorial Hall. Tickets are $25.
They are on sale at the Theatre Box
Office, 423 Queen Street, 519-523-
9300 or toll free 1-877-862-5984.Marriage needs to
be removed from
requirement,
financial relation
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rural roads. “We need significant
investment in our rural roads
because farmers need roads.”
Morris-Turnberry Mayor Paul
Gowing complained that the policy
statement “just doesn’t take into
account the realities we have to live
with.”
Not surprisingly, the longest
discussion of the day was over wind
turbines. Wayne Hamilton,
presenting the Federation’s brief,
said rural residents have an uphill
fight because the majority of people
in the province, who aren’t directly
affected, don’t really understand the
problems.
Thompson said she would be
introducing a private member’s bill
in the legislature this week calling
for a halt to all projects that
haven’t reached the “notice to
proceed” stage with the Ontario
Power Authority until physical,
social and economic consequences
have been properly studied. There’s
no urgency to build more turbines
right now, she said, because Ontario
has a surplus of electricity that it is
selling to its neighbours, in the case
of wind and solar generation, at a
loss.
Lobb said he has asked Leona
Aglukkaq, the federal health
minister, to conduct an independent
and fair study into the health effects
of living near turbines.
“It’s the only issue I’ve had where
grown people come into my office
and break down,” Lobb said. People
are afraid and they need the study to
tell them one way or another if they
should have concerns for their
health.
Marinus Bakker, HCFA president,
said his group supports the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture’s call for a
suspension of industrial wind
turbine development until more
study is done.
“We’re not trying to prevent
farmers from building turbines,”
Bakker said. “We’re just trying to
get it right.”
HCFA past president Wayne Black
agreed. “I don’t want to stop $1
million [in leases for wind turbines]
from going to farmers in Huron
County.
But in a room almost totally full of
opponents to further wind
developments, Ginn bravely
defended turbines noting that Huron
County now has a 10 year history of
living beside turbines and no one
had been killed or injured by such
purported dangers as ice being
hurled off turbine blades or
the blades themselves coming off.
“It’s here now, have a look,” he
said.
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the statement is true, however,
because of the state of the
downtown, Hawley said.
“This is all evidence of a
prosperous community, but the
downtown is a contradiction,” she
said. “We need to change some
attitudes.”
Hawley says that there has been
interest in commercial storefronts
and properties in Brussels, but that
several owners are unwilling to sell,
or renovate the property and prepare
it for rental.
“We need to encourage these
people to open the doors of these
properties,” Hawley said. “If they
don’t want to do it themselves,
we can find someone who wants to
use these properties for their
intended purposes.”
Hawley says that while losing
Brussels Public School has not been
great for the mood in the village, she
feels it is changing for the better and
that she has to focus on the things
she can change.
“My wish would have been for the
school to stay open,” Hawley said.
“That’s not going to happen,
but we’re not going to roll over and
die.”
She cites Huron East Council’s
decision to renovate the historic
Carnegie Library as a move in the
right direction and says that it’s just
the first of many steps in the right
direction.
If the project comes through and
council approves the
recommendations, Hawley says, a
cultural heritage landscape or a
community improvement program
could be passed for the village,
which would require property
owners to keep their buildings up to
code. In the end, however, it would
be a decision of council to
implement those plans.
Now that the students are back at
the University of Waterloo, they will
work on what they gathered while in
Brussels and prepare a presentation
for sometime in April. Hawley said
that she and several other members
of the community are planning on
travelling to Waterloo to see it.
After the presentation is made, the
project will be brought back to
council where a final decision on
implementation will have to be
made.
Brussels main street belies
true potential of the village
Wind turbines prompt long discussion at meeting
Festival hosts “Theatrical” March Break programBring your amateur actors anddaring divas to the “Be Scene” YouthArts Program this March Break atthe Blyth Festival. Program Leader,Shauna Clark is an extremely
talented and enthusiastic young
educator, born and raised on Blyth
Road in Huron County. After
completing her teaching certificate
little more than two years ago, Clark
has travelled and taught in Australia
and is now enjoying her placement
at the Blyth Public School. It is inher teachings where she has foundher inspiration for this excitingweek: Be Scene. Clark, having been involved with
theatre during her high school years,
understands and credits much of her
confidence to the skills and lessons
learned during that time. Not only
does Clark still appreciate those
learned skills, she finds herself
applying these lessons in her
everyday classes. With bullying at anall-time high in schools, Clark foundthat confidence was at an all-timelow. It is here that the Be Sceneweek was formed!
“Through the use of theatre and
art, this March break will focus on
developing the self, not only as a
performer, but as an individual. The
week will include vocal lessons,
movement classes and various
journaling and art projects that will
not only teach your budding youngartisans about the others in the room,but about themselves as well.Through the appreciation, adorationand tolerance of others, we can learn
to treat ourselves in the same way,”
says Lisa Justine Hood, the Blyth
Festival’s Outreach Co-ordinator.
The program will be held at the
Blyth Memorial Hall, March 12-16
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily with a cost
of $100 per child for the week.
Shauna will be joined by Lisa, a localtheatre enthusiast and trainedperformer, as well as EmilyMcDougall a local high school theatrestudent, for an action-packed week.
It is sure to be an interesting and
valuable week, so don't miss your
chance to Be Scene!
For more information or to
register, call Sharon Thompson
1-877-862-5984 or e-mail
info@blythfestival.com
On March 4 at approximately 7
p.m. officers from the South Bruce
and Huron County Ontario
Provincial Police detachments along
with members from the Lucknow
Fire Department and Huron County
EMS responded to a collision at the
intersection of Belfast Road and
Kintail Line in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh.
A Toyota Tacoma pickup truck
travelling on Belfast Road collided
with a Chevrolet Blazer travelling on
Kintail Line. As a result of the
collision, a passenger in the
Chevrolet Blazer, later identified as
Matthew Cochran, 30, of London,
was pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers and two additional
passengers in the Chevrolet Blazer
were treated at Alexandra Marine &
General Hospital in Goderich for
non-life threatening injuries.
Members from the OPP Technical
Traffic Collision Investigation team
are currently still investigating the
incident.
Fatality in ACW crash
Happy 75th
Birthday
Nellie
March 10
Love from your family
Huron Chapel
Evangelical
Missionary Church
invites you to...
a March Break
Adventure that’s a
barrel of fun!
Where:Huron Chapel Missionary Church
119 John’s Ave, Auburn
When:1:00-4:30 pm
on Wednesday, March 14
What to wear:
Dress as a game piece from your
favourite board game
Need a ride?
Catch the bus in Walton, Brussels or Blyth.
For more info please call 519-526-1131 or
email rob@huronchapel.org